Surgical treatment of cardiac echinococcosis: report of eight cases

Cardiac involvement of hydatid disease is uncommon, and establishing a diagnosis is difficult because the presenting symptoms are variable. Between 1985 and 1997, eight patients ranging in age from 8 to 56 years underwent surgical excision of cardiac hydatid cysts, located in the interventricular se...

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Published in:	Surgery today (Tokyo, Japan) Vol. 31; no. 4; pp. 325 - 330
Main Authors:	Onursal, E, Elmaci, T T, Tireli, E, Dindar, A, Atilgan, D, Ozcan, M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Japan 01-01-2001
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Cardiomyopathies - diagnosis Cardiomyopathies - pathology Cardiomyopathies - surgery Child Echinococcosis - diagnosis Echinococcosis - pathology Echinococcosis - surgery Echocardiography Female Humans Male Middle Aged Pericardium - pathology Pericardium - surgery Retrospective Studies Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:	Cardiac involvement of hydatid disease is uncommon, and establishing a diagnosis is difficult because the presenting symptoms are variable. Between 1985 and 1997, eight patients ranging in age from 8 to 56 years underwent surgical excision of cardiac hydatid cysts, located in the interventricular septum in two, the right atrium in one, and the intrapericardium in five. There was one hospital death due to septic shock, but the other seven patients recovered uneventfully.
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ISSN:	0941-1291 1436-2813
DOI:	10.1007/s005950170153